PDX Project Runway 8, Episode 3 Recap: “It’s a party”
August 13, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
Project Runway 8, Episode 3 was a party, indeed. That is, if ambulance trips, catty comments and “a transvestite flamenco dancer at a funeral” is your kind of scene. There were copious amounts of party supplies involved. The challenge du jour was to create a look from $100 of supplies purchased [...]
PDX Project Runway 8, Ep. 2 recap: “Larger than life”
August 6, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
Now that we are firmly entrenched in Project Runwaydom (as last week’s show was still technically “auditions”) we must admit, it feels good to be back, especially if you’re a Portland fashion fan. Local designer Gretchen Jones won last week’s challenge and she continues to prove herself a cut above the [...]
Project Runway 8, Episode 1 Recap: “Sew It Begins”
July 30, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
It seems like it’s only been mere months since Portland-area local Seth Aaron Henderson became the latest designer to win the sew-or-be-cut challenge that is Project Runway. Oh wait it has only been a few months. Never mind, PR is back and it’s bigger and longer than ever before (it remains [...]
Neat PEOPLE: Project Runway 8 designer Gretchen Jones
July 28, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Here we go… again! Project Runway 8 premieres on Lifetime TV this Thursday, July 29 at 9 p.m., with yet another talented Portland area designer set to compete in a scissors showdown against 16 other fashionable folks from around the country. Last season, Vancouver, Wash.’s Seth Aaron Henderson brought [...]
First Friday with Seth Aaron at Anne Bocci Boutique
July 23, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
We’ve got exciting news for all you Project Runway-philes out there. As most of you know, last season Vancouver, Wash.-based designer Seth Aaron Henderson took home the big prize thanks to his daring high-fashion, hard-rock aesthetic and expert trademark tailoring (and we’re already gearing up for PR8 with another local [...]
MothLove Solo Exhibition fashion show + party
February 18, 2010 by karenvitt
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Portland designer and indie promotional powerhouse Gretchen Jones will present a MothLove Solo Exhibition at The Cleaners Space at Ace Hotel, 7 p.m. this Friday, March 5.
The show, which also features the stylings of Grace Hair Salon and hair-and-makeup artist Lindsey Avenetti, will showcase Jones’ current Spring/Summer 2010 MothLove Harvest Moon collection, a line of sustainable [...]
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MothLove + AK Vintage trunk show at Lille
November 2, 2009 by karenvitt
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MothLove and AK Vintage Jewelry will combine fashion forces to present a joint trunk show of lingerie and jewelry at elegant east side boudoir boutique Lille, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 6.
MothLove designer Gretchen Jones (the How We Develop promotional powerhouse behind the recent CONTENT showcase at the Ace Hotel) will show [...]
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Watch the CONTENT designer slideshow here
October 19, 2009 by karenvitt
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From Gatsby to gore, Sunday night’s CONTENT showcase at the Ace Hotel was an independent fashion experience to be reckoned with. Presented by new indie promotional group How We Develop, more than 35 Portland designers took over the hotel’s second floor to display their latest and greatest in rooms decorated to suit their whimsy – [...]
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CONTENT designers take over Ace Hotel
October 13, 2009 by karenvitt
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Dreaming up a radical new way to present Portland’s designer fashion collections, How We Develop will present its first event, CONTENT, at The Ace Hotel in downtown Portland from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 18.
Guests can meander through 28 rooms on the second floor of the hotel, which will be taken over [...]
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PDX Collective Sale this Sunday
Sorry, but no sleeping in this Sunday. It’s your chance to shop 12 Portland-based boutiques at once at the PDX Collective Sale, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 13. (ps, this just in – Shoefly is no longer represented at the sale.)
Shops from many different Portland neighborhoods will band together to offer [...]
